If we go active, what's to stop him from launching a torpedo against us?

If they are, they'll get us before we can even go active and sort out the situation.

He chewed his lip and waited for the Americans to go active.

So will we, if you're going active as a privateer.

The others can't go active if that one is taken out of the picture.

If it went active and did no apparent good, the rest of the project would collapse.

Suddenly one of the intercom lines from the main bridge went active.

When it goes active, it takes him over, body and brain.

A short time later the small helicopter torpedoes went active.

As with anything else on the Internet, an immediate side effect is that online security becomes an issue the moment the connection goes active.